Keywords: Crooks
Item 96818
J. H. Crooks store, Commercial Street, Boothbay Harbor, ca. 1919
Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: 1919 Location: Boothbay Harbor Media: Photographic print
Item 116244
Re-Elect (David) Crook District Attorney, ca. 1994
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1994
Media: Cotton, ink
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Item 61373
98 Lincoln Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Alfred M. Crook Use: Dwelling - Single family
Exhibit
Gifts From Gluskabe: Maine Indian Artforms
According to legend, the Great Spirit created Gluskabe, who shaped the world of the Native People of Maine, and taught them how to use and respect the land and the resources around them. This exhibit celebrates the gifts of Gluskabe with Maine Indian art works from the early nineteenth to mid twentieth centuries.
Exhibit
Unlocking the Declaration's Secrets
Fewer than 30 copies of the first printing of the Declaration of Independence are known to exist. John Dunlap hurriedly printed copies for distribution to assemblies, conventions, committees and military officers. Authenticating authenticity of the document requires examination of numerous details of the broadside.
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Rustic furniture, Bangor, 1865
"He had found "some curiosities in cedar crooks" in the woods, cut them and found someone hauling a load of wood to carry the cedar out of the woods…"
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Gate no 2 design, Bangor, 1867
"… the gate would be "filled with small round cedar crooks and straight poles as convenience may occur and hung on iron grudgeons set in the centre of…"
Story
Sister Madeleine D’Anjou: Many detours lead to a rewarding life
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
What a journey! Sister Maddie says that "God writes straight on crooked lines."
Story
Harold's Garage, Rome Hollow, Maine
by Mimi C
Story about Harold Hawes, owner of Harold's garage and self-styled auctioneer in Rome Hollow, Maine